Hercules and Cacus
1588
Hendrick Goltzius
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
Prints
Hercules and Cacus, 1588. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Chiaroscuro woodcut (in black, green, and yellow); sheet: 42.8 x 33.9 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.); image: 41 x 33.2 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.60
- Maker/Artist
- Goltzius, Hendrick
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- chiaroscuro woodcut (in black, green, and yellow)
- Medium
- chiaroscuro, woodcut, black, green, yellow
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 42.8 x 33.9 cm (16 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.); Image: 41 x 33.2 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: center left, in block (green): A°88 HG[in monogram]oltzius Inve.[sidesways] ; across bottom, letterpress: Ghedruckt t'Amsterdam by Willem Ianffen in de vergulde Sonnewyser. ; lower right, in graphite: 6 ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: 4 ; by Joseph-Marius Agassis, lower right, in pen and purple ink: [monogram, Lugt 69]
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1975.60
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Printing in Color, Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620, Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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